[thaumasiotes]

> The most powerful man in the US right now is just a reality TV star.

That's a strange characterization; he was famous across the country before there was even a concept of "reality TV".

[e40]

He was known by an order of magnitude more people after he became a reality tv star.

[bnjms]

Right. He parlayed his fame into reality stardom.

I added it’s a word way to put it. He became more famous generally but he was already known to NY and powerful people.

[thaumasiotes]

Really? In the 70s he would have been known to the population that read newspaper comic strips. He's been a household name continuously from then to now.